Public Speaking Tutor

About The Job The Varsity Tutors Live Learning Platform has thousands of students looking for online Public Speaking tutors nationally. As a tutor on the Varsity Tutors Platform, you'll have the flexibility to set your own schedule, earn competitive rates, and make a real impact on students' academic success and understanding. All from the comfort of your home. Why Join Our Platform?

• Earn incrementally higher pay for each session with the same student, reaching up to $40/hour.
• Get paid up to twice per week, ensuring fast and reliable compensation for the tutoring sessions you conduct and invoice.
• Set your own hours and tutor as much as you'd like.
• Tutor remotely using our purpose-built Live Learning Platform. No commuting required.
• Get matched with students best-suited to your teaching style and expertise.
• Our AI-powered Tutor Copilot enhances your sessions with real-time instructional support, lesson generation, and engagement features, helping you save prep time and focus on impactful teaching.
• We handle the logistics—you just invoice for your tutoring sessions, and we take care of payments.

What We Look For In a Public Speaking Tutor

• Advanced Subject Mastery: Deep knowledge of speech organization, audience analysis, persuasive and informative speaking techniques, delivery skills including vocal variety, gestures, and eye contact, presentation design, overcoming speech anxiety, and rhetorical strategies. Ability to explain Monroe motivated sequence, impromptu speaking frameworks, and effective visual aid usage while preparing students for academic presentations, debate, and professional communication.
• Conceptual Teaching & Problem-Solving: Skilled at teaching speech construction, delivery technique, and anxiety management for public speaking. Guides students through developing speech outlines, crafting attention-grabbing introductions, organizing supporting evidence, rehearsing delivery, and managing nervousness through preparation and breathing techniques. Emphasizes building confidence through practice and connects public speaking to leadership development, career advancement, and civic engagement.
• Curriculum Awareness & Adaptive Instruction: Familiar with public speaking curricula and common challenges such as speech anxiety, organizing ideas logically, and maintaining audience engagement. Adapts instruction using graduated exposure practice, video recording for self-evaluation, and constructive feedback to support students from high school through adult learners building confidence and competence in formal and informal public speaking situations.
• Effective Teaching Methods: Ability to identify concepts students commonly struggle with, explain material using multiple approaches, and adapt instruction to meet individual learning needs and styles.
• Strong communication skills and a friendly, engaging teaching style.
• Ability to adapt to different learning styles and student needs.

Ways To Connect With Students

• 1-on-1 Online Tutoring - Provide personalized instruction to individual students.
• Instant Tutoring - Accept on-demand tutoring requests whenever you're available.

About Varsity Tutors And 1-on-1 Online Tutoring Our mission is to transform the way people learn by leveraging advanced technology, AI, and the latest in learning science to create personalized learning experiences. Through 1-on-1 Online Tutoring, students receive customized instruction that helps them achieve their learning goals. Our platform is designed to match students with the right tutors, fostering better outcomes and a passion for learning. Please note: Varsity Tutors does not contract in: Alaska, California, Colorado, Delaware, Hawaii, Maine, New Hampshire, North Dakota, Vermont, West Virginia or Puerto Rico.